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Turn an Email Into a Notion Task

For requests that arrive by email but live in Notion. Press fn, point at the email and ask. DuckyHelper pulls out the ask and the deadline, then adds a row to your tasks database that matches its properties.

YOU SAY

“Turn this email into a task in my Notion tasks database with the due date.”

Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud.

DUCKYHELPER DOES

01
Learn the web APIs of Notion and Gmail, first time onlyBuilt from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. Kept on your device and reused next time.getDatabase(id)createPage(db, props)getMessage(id)
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Read the email you pointed at
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Pull out the ask, the owner and the due date
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Match them to your database's propertiesStatus, Priority, Due: whatever your board uses.
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Create the task with a link back to the email

You getEvery ask becomes a real task. The task has a clear title, the right date and a link to the source. The second time, it's one call to Notion and done before you look up.

Turn an Email Into a Notion Task

A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac

WHERE IT ASKS FIRST

Nothing to send, so it runs straight through.

Nothing in this job sends a message or pays for anything, so it works through to the end and tells you when it's done. If a step ever would, it's built to stop and ask you first.

If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.

Sign in to Gmail to keep going

DuckyHelper is built not to type your passwords or card numbers. Sign in yourself, then it picks up where it stopped.

FAQ

Before you ask it.

What do I say?

Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Turn this email into a task in my Notion tasks database with the due date."

Why is the second time faster?

The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for Gmail and Notion and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.

Will it send anything without me?

It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.

Why not just do it by hand?

Moving an email into your task list takes a minute of copy-paste, and the deadline is usually the part that gets lost.

Can I use this today?

Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.

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